WHITE HOUSE Gen. Christopher Cavoli told lawmakers that “the side that can’t shoot back loses,” as a massive aid package for Ukraine remains stalled in the House. The Supreme Court’s pending review of ... 04/13/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
White House rips 'hateful, dishonest' GOP outcry over trans visibility day falling on Easter WASHINGTON ― The White House pushed back Monday at outcries from Republicans over President Joe Biden's recognition of the Transgender Day of Visibility, which fell on Easter Sunday, calling out ... 04/1/2024 - 10:54 am | View Link
White House calls squatting a 'local issue' that governments must address The White House is calling the squatting trend in which strangers seize and live in a homeowner's property against their wishes a "local issue" that local governments must address themselves. 04/1/2024 - 7:17 am | View Link
White House to host scaled-back iftar dinner amid tensions with Arab and Muslim Americans Last year, the White House did not hold an iftar dinner – the breaking of the daily fast after sundown – but hosted nearly 350 people for a reception celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a festival ... 04/1/2024 - 7:03 am | View Link
'The people's house': 40,000 people brave the rain for White House Easter Egg Roll WASHINGTON – A little rain Monday morning couldn't stop the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. An estimated 40,000 people visited the White House South Lawn, enduring occasional rainfall for ... 04/1/2024 - 5:42 am | View Link
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog hits the Trump trials in New York City and reports like only he can. He interviews many people from a crowd of true diversity, which is practically a rainbow of all the different mental illnesses. There are too many zingers to repeat them all here, but it is so funny that even Trump would fill his Depends five times over from laughing so hard.
But seriously, who do you think will win, the bleach blonde with the big jugs or Stormy Daniels?
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“Israel, early Friday morning local time, launched missiles in a retaliatory strike against Iran,” ABC News reports.
“The missile launches follow Iran’s attack last Saturday, where the country sent a volley of more than 300 uncrewed drones and missiles toward targets throughout the country, Israeli military officials previously said. All but a few were intercepted by Israel and its allies, including the United States.”
CNN: “Iran’s air defense systems have been activated in several provinces of the country.”
Bloomberg reports Israeli officials notified the U.
“In its first week, Donald Trump’s criminal trial is forcing the former president, a man who famously surrounds himself with sycophants, to sit quietly and listen to the unfiltered opinions of those typically kept at arm’s-length: People he might call his ‘haters,'” Politico reports.
“During jury selection, Trump has heard himself described by those under consideration as racist and sexist and a narcissist.
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (I) said he could beat both President Biden and former President Trump in a hypothetical match-up Thursday, The Hill reports.
Said Ventura: “If I had ballot access in all 50 states and I were allowed to debate, I could beat these two major party candidates.”
Colorado will distribute $24 million in one-time funding to public school districts and charter schools impacted by the unprecedented influx of immigrant students who arrived after the annual October headcount that determines districts’ state funding.
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed the bipartisan bill, HB24-1389, authorizing that money to be distributed this fiscal year from the State Education Fund.
The Colorado Department of Education now will determine how much school districts receive using a multi-tiered funding model that’s based on how many new-to-the-country students they enrolled following the count.
“What is going on now really has been quite substantial and unusual in terms of scope, and these thousands of new students coming require services,” said Rep.